DURANGO, Colo.— Ska Brewing is coming off of a dynamic 12 months in enterprise engaged within the craft beer, music, artwork, biking, and native Southwest Colorado communities during which it’s ingrained— with even greater plans to help its neighborhood with sustainability initiatives in 2023.
Right here is Ska Brewing’s 2022 Yr In Overview.
BEER
In 2022, Ska Brewing brewed roughly 25,000 BBL of beer that was served on faucet on the brewery World Headquarters and distributed nationwide. Ska’s distribution footprint grew to 11 states final 12 months with the addition of Wyoming within the fall.
Ska debuted a number of new canned beers final 12 months, similar to the brand new age Checkered Future IPA that introduced collectively old-fashioned hops and new brewing methods; Raspberry Blonde Ale that gave a recent tackle a traditional model; the Faceplant Lager brewed with Tailwind Vitamin electrolytes; and the Peppermint Bark Stout crafted with Animas Chocolate Firm peppermint bark. The brewery additionally introduced again famed mainstays Mexican Logger, Oktoberfest, Euphoria Pale Ale, and Mexican Lager Type Darkish.
Up subsequent in Ska’s canned beer lineup is The Ska Lager, a handy guide a rough, crisp, brilliant, and easy-drinking at solely 4.8% ABV. This new no-nonsense providing will hit cabinets in March.
MUSIC
Ska Brewing was born out of an affinity for music, which the brewery continues to stoke by internet hosting Ska, punk, and different related bands of all sizes and styles to play on the brewery. The legendary third wave Ska group Hepcat and opener Impolite Lady Revue traveled to Durango to carry out an epic present at Ska’s twenty seventh Anniversary Occasion and Brewer’s Invitational.
SOUTHWEST COLORADO
Ska was a proud supporter of many occasions that happened in its hometown Durango, Colorado— together with Durango’s annual winter competition Snowdown, the fiftieth anniversary of The Iron Horse Bicycle Basic, the Durango Impartial Movie Pageant, Animas River Days, Downtown 4th of July Celebration, Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships, Thirsty 13 and plenty of extra.
Ska partnered with Fort Lewis Faculty on a number of efforts, together with a hop biotransformation analysis undertaking that yielded the Skyhawk Single Hop IPA; and a tough seltzer branding deep dive with the Fennell-Saegert Scholar Advertising Company.
Every year, Ska donates upwards of $50,000 in product, time and money to nonprofits organizations similar to La Plata Open House Conservancy, Manna Soup Kitchen, Fort Lewis Faculty, United Manner, KSUT, KDUR, Ladies’s Useful resource Heart, LaPlata County Humane Society, and Trails 2000, amongst many others.
Ska Distributing continued to serve the Southwest Colorado market by bringing craft beer manufacturers to the world from throughout the state and past, together with new auditions to the portfolio: Bruz Beers and Weldwerks Brewing Co.
COMMUNITY
Exterior of its hometown, Ska engaged with the beer neighborhood at massive by way of collaborations with Residing The Dream Brewing in Littleton, Colorado and Manhattan Brewing in Manhattan, Kansas.
Past beer and music, Ska is enthusiastic about artwork— particularly artwork that showcases Ska music. Throughout the Ska anniversary weekend in September, Ska hosted San Diego-based artist Nan Coffey for an artwork present that brewery guests can nonetheless peruse on the second ground of the constructing.
Past beer, music, and artwork, Ska is enthusiastic about biking. The brewery was a sponsor for Rides & Vibes in Grand Junction, the Fruita Fats Tire Pageant, and 12 Hours Mesa Verde, amongst others. This 12 months, Ska is stoked to be the official beer of the Session Collection, Triple Bypass, Salida76, and Beti Bike Bash by Staff Evergreen Biking.
SUSTAINABILITY
Ska has lengthy dedicated to decreasing waste and growing brewery and distribution programs that decrease its carbon footprint— from recycled denims within the partitions as insulation and reused bowling alley wooden as tables, to photo voltaic panels, photo voltaic lighting, wind vitality credit, and recycling of all cardboard, paper, plastic, glass and metallic waste. Ska was one of many first craft breweries within the nation to package deal its beer in infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, and now has many packaging programs in place to additional preserve sources, together with Ionized air rinse as a substitute of water rinsing and an environment friendly, on-demand, de-aerated water system. These are just some of Ska’s sustainability packages that the brewery is continually bettering upon.
In 2023, Ska is happy to proceed these efforts alongside the implementation of two sizable and unprecedented sustainability initiatives. The brewery is putting in a machine that may enable for the transition of all can collars from plastic to paperboard, making Ska one of many first breweries ever to make the most of this gear within the transfer away from plastic packaging supplies.
Secondly, Durango’s Desk To Farm Compost will now be the recipient of all of Ska’s spent grain. This transition from cattle feed and landfill to compost will scale back methane emissions and align with Ska’s dedication to native partnerships.
Ska will publish extra details about these efforts in coming weeks.
ABOUT SKA BREWING
Based mostly in Durango, Colorado, Ska Brewing was based in 1995 and produces greater than a dozen award-winning beers fueled with Ska music, and many it. Pioneers within the canned craft beer motion, Ska Brewing is thought for an array of types in 12 oz cans that embody True Blonde, Modus Hoperandi and Rue B. Soho.
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